Ratings & Rankings

Colored bars represent the range of average school ratings. Black line is this school's rating.

Academics

0

1

2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.25

Mean

3.63

Maximum

4

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.4

Mean

3.37

Maximum

4

Practical/Clinical Training

0

1

2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.14

Mean

3.38

Maximum

3.83

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.86

Mean

3.00

Maximum

3.8

Career Counseling

0

1

2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.29

Mean

2.75

Maximum

3.56

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.17

Mean

2.32

Maximum

3.25

Financial Aid Advising

0

1

2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.5

Mean

3.00

Maximum

3.29

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.25

Mean

2.32

Maximum

3.5

Social Life

0

1

2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.8

Mean

3.00

Maximum

3.67

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.4

Mean

2.95

Maximum

3.86

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Ratings*

Student

Alumni

Academics

A

B-

Practical/Clinical Training

A

B-

Career Counseling

B+

B+

Financial Aid Advising

A

B+

Social Life

B

B

US News Rank

#Rank Not Published

What do these ratings mean?

from Brian Dalton, Breaking Media Director of Research

The ATL School and Firm Insiders Survey asks self-identified current students,
alumni, and practicing lawyers to rate major aspects of life at their law school (academics, social
life, clinical training, career services, financial aid advising) and/or law firm (compensation,
hours, morale, culture, training). We then translate these ratings into letter grades, where the
mean score for each particular ratings category is the equivalent of a “B.”

We require a minimum threshold of responses for each institution before we publish any survey-based
ratings content. Using a standard formula for statistical validity, we adhere to a threshold that
gives us an 85% confidence level and a 10% margin of error. The precise threshold number will of
course vary depending on the size of the individual institution. For example, for a law firm of
1,000 attorneys, we would require 50 responses in order to publish ratings for the firm.

The ATL Career Center's goal is to reconcile publicly available employment data for the class of
2013, nine months after graduation. We compared data from the American Bar Association, Law School
Transparency, National Association for Legal Professionals, and individual school websites. If any
information is inaccurate, please contact us at careers@abovethelaw.com.

Student Career Plans

Sector

Anticipated

Actual

Source: ATL Insider Survey and the American Bar Association

Work for a firm

40%

31%

Work for government

20%

10%

Work in non-profit/public interest

2%

5%

Go solo

0%

0%

Insider Reviews

from students and alumni of New York Law School

Alumni

Only the top students are cared for: they get the money, CSO attention, classes, clinics, etc.

Alumni

Professors are excellent. Administration is shit.

Alumni

The faculty is excellent and very much invested/interested in your success.

Alumni

tution is a bit much

Alumni

Don’t attend NYLS unless you are guaranteed to come out loan free, either through scholarships or because your parents or someone else is paying for your tuition. DO NOT expect to come out of this law school and be able to adequately pay off your student loan debts, it will almost certainly not happen.

* Hillary Clinton vows to end the era of mass incarceration. Just one of many things Bill Clinton left his mark on that she wishes you’d forget. [Huffington Post]

* Protesters arrested on Monday in Baltimore weren’t even charged until today and are being held functionally without bail. Because at this point the most important industry in Baltimore is “being the setting of The Wire: The Ride.” [Gawker]

* It’s cute when non-lawyers find out there was a person named “Learned Hand.” [io9]

* New York Law School has a beautiful building and have been renting out space to Rochester’s Business School to make a quick buck on the side. Now they’re going to offer joint programs with the business school, maybe their grads can find jobs in other fields. [Crain’s]

* Amanda Knox, everyone’s favorite convicted/acquitted/convicted murderess, just got engaged to a musician she’s known since middle school. Aww, that’s cute and nice, but what we’d really like to know is where she’s registered for cutlery. [People]

* Loretta Lynch’s confirmation vote was postponed because per Chairman Chuck Grassley, she apparently submitted dissatisfying answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s post-hearing questions. Some says that she’s being held to a double standard… likely because she is being held to a double standard. [National Law Journal]

* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’s not going to give up on women’s rights cases at the Supreme Court, despite the fact that she’s got male colleagues who “don’t fully appreciate the arbitrary barriers that have been put in women’s way.” [Bloomberg]

* According to the latest report from Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group, Biglaw firms, “across the board,” are doing better than they were last year, but the biggest Biglaw firms are doing the best, of course. We’ll have more on this later today. [WSJ Law Blog]

* A Texas lawmaker has proposed a bill that would appoint legal representation to a fetus if its mother is brain dead. “You’ll hear what the family wants, and you’ll also give the pre-born child a chance to have a voice in court at that same time.” [Dallas Morning News]

* New York Law School is launching a two-year law degree program, and students will only have to pay two-thirds of the $147,720 that they normally would have had to. For the record, not all two-year degree programs are cheaper. [Crain’s New York Business]

* The panel investigating the Bridgegate scandal gave Gibson Dunn until the end of the week to turn over all materials relied upon to clear Gov. Christie from wrongdoing. Thankfully, the governor was too busy working out to be upset. [New Jersey Star-Ledger]

* Penn Law has named Wendell Pritchett, the chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden, as interim dean to take over for Michael Fitts, who is leaving to become Tulane’s president. What an incredibly deanly name he’s got there. Congrats! [Philadelphia Inquirer]

* New York Law School is launching an in-house institute — the first of its kind in New York City — to help corporate attorneys solve their problems and law students learn about life inside a legal department. Gee, this idea sure sounds familiar. [Corporate Counsel]

* Jennifer Gaubert, the New Orleans lawyer/ former radio diva who lied about a cabbie sexually harassing and taking a lewd video of her, is now being sued by him. Karma’s a real bitch. [New Orleans Advocate]

* Rachel Canning, the New Jersey schoolgirl who recently dropped a lawsuit against her parents, was caught partying with the boyfriend who was the cause of the entire affair. Tsk tsk, bad girl! [New York Post]

* Spring break is here for many students, and I know what they’re all thinking: what are the tax implications? [TaxProf Blog]

* Man files suit because his adult son is addicted to video games. Well, with games like South Park: Stick of Truth coming out, who can blame him? [IT-Lex]

* Former Sandusky attorney under investigation for misappropriation of client funds. At least he’s only alleged to have showered himself with money. [The Patriot-News]

* Here’s a lesson in the value of knowing the law: DUI charges against a Chicago judge dismissed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say, “the value of knowing the law needed to beat the rap after you’ve been arrested for totally forgetting the law.”[Checkpoints]

* Business development needs to be everyone’s responsibility in a law firm. Well, at the very least, it needs to be somebody’s responsibility. [The RelSci Web]

* Harvard Law professor seeks help writing regulations for the legalization of marijuana in Jamaica. Wait? It’s illegal in Jamaica? [HLS Administrative Updates]

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